Improvement in case for transporting eggs



No. 62,378. PATENTED EEB; 26, 1867;

, J. L, G. W. STEVENS.

CASE POR TRANSPORTING EGGS'.

,AA Av/A UNITED STATES PATENT GFFIOE.

JOHN L. ANSI.) (irllORG-ll WV.v STEVENS, 0F SAN FRANCISCO, )ALIlf`ORNlA,.

nnPRcyvlaMElxrr.- IN cAsE VFon TRANseoRTINe EGGS.

Specification forming ptirt of Letters Patent No. GQ,SSTMGMDLW QLJQ7J To all whom it may concern: f

Be it known that we, J oHN L. and Geenen \V..STEVENS, of San 'lfraneisco city and county, State of California, have invented certain new and' useful Improvements in Gases i'or Packing and Transporting Eggs 5 and we do hereby declare the following' description and aeconr pauyiug drawings are suttic'ient to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which it most nearly. appertains to make and use. our said invention without further 'invent-ion or experiment, f

The nnhrre ofourvinyvention .is'to provide a case forpeck'ing fand transporting eggs, by the use of which wea-re enabled to pack more 'eggs in agiven space, while the loss bybreakage is reduced so muchas to pay for the increased cost of the cases by the amount saved in one shipment. To effect this we construct a box' or case and divide it into compartments of such asize as to hold one egg each (the box may lfe'of any depth) by placing a separating diaphragm horizontally' between each tier, from the ybottom ,to the top ot'4 the case. Reference is had to the drawing, which is an ison'ietrical projection, with Vthe front of the case broken away to show the construction.

A is a case or box constructed in any convenient shape. Strips of tin, zinc, sheet iron, or nnysuitable material, B 13, are placed across the box in one direction, and similar strips, C C, are placed across at right angles, as here shown, or in any convenient way, so that'a -space will bc'inclosed ot' sufficient size to hold an egg. r1 he strips Ii B are cutr at their points ot' intersection to a depth otono-halt' 'their width, 'and the intersectingstrips (l in the sume nnunier, 'so as to lit together. lhc

first series la la are 'placed in the bon, and 95,"14'5 are put in, ends down, till the comlmrtmeuts (.)ntsvor bran may then be used to are full. pack in,- und n diaphragm, l), is placed on the top ofthetier. ,A1lotllertier if(lividing-strips. l (l, is then plncedon the top ot' the tirst, and lled in the sn me manner to any desired depth, depending on the height of the bora.

Among the advantages gained are, more eggs.can be packed in the same space than by any other inode of packing, and can be packed l very expeditiously. The breakage, which, on this coast at least, is i'romten to forty per cent.,

' is reduced-to almost. nothing, while any eggs that maybe broken are confined to their own. compartments, and cannot spoil other eggs by heatingl or give them a dirty appearance. Enough will he saved by using thesecases once to puy the extra cost, and the nmterial nsedfor twenty boxes cnn, by taking them apartbe packed in one box und sent buck to be used again, and tbrany number of times. The strips B and may be removed und folded, as shown at K.

Having thus described oui' invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters .latent, is A A. case for lmekingnlnd transporting eggs, constructed with eoml'mrtments, substantially as and for the purpose herein described. I

ln witness wlu'sreoi.' we have hereunto set our hands and seals.

vfit1 iesses (l. W. M. SMITH, (ino. ll. STRONG. 

